Stripped back visual novels

Bare screens and short lines keep you focused on dialogue and choices, from decoding a stranger's words to guiding repairs through text messages.

REFLEXIA Prototype ver.

REFLEXIA Prototype ver.

A shut-in eroge fan gets teleported into a visual novel and has to date Yandere-chan and Dandere-chan, with over 200 choices and three endings.

96% of 7,615 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
Long Knives

Long Knives

Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.

98% of 668 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
The Bible

The Bible

A digital recreation of The Bible in Kinetic Novel form! Read through and save passages in any order with an original soundtrack, or listen through…

87% of 973 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.99
Aliya: Timelink

Aliya: Timelink

You are chatting with Aliya, a girl stranded on a damaged ship a thousand years in the future.

97% of 8,678 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$2.99
Durka Simulator

Durka Simulator

Mickey just wanted a quiet life in an alternative Russia, then medics from another dimension showed up to take over his universe.

93% of 1,676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9Free
REWIND

REWIND

《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.

90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
7 Days to End with You

7 Days to End with You

You wake with no memory and no shared language, with seven days beside someone who seems to know you.

87% of 3,404 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$7.99
Roadwarden

Roadwarden

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG about a lone guard sent to a grim peninsula for 30 hours of reading, questioning and choosing sides.

94% of 4,539 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$2.74
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures

DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures

DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to…

87% of 177 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

Live one full life, from birth to true death, in a harsh empire ruled by unrelenting gods.

89% of 8,237 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 152$19.99
Death and Taxes

Death and Taxes

You are the Grim Reaper with a desk job. Short, dialogue-heavy, and darkly funny, it is worth playing for choices that branch toward multiple secret…

86% of 7,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$12.99
Draw

Draw

Welcome to the world of Draw, a 2D sidescroller and visual novel!

96% of 870 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
Subsurface Circular

Subsurface Circular

A two-hour detective story set entirely on a robot-only subway.

94% of 1,496 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Depression Quest

Depression Quest

Depression Quest is interactive fiction about living with depression: you work through everyday events around relationships, a job, and possible…

60% of 4,009 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
SMOKY WHITE

SMOKY WHITE

雪の降る冬の屋上で、 不思議な雰囲気の先輩と出会って別れる短編ノベルゲームです。 会話中の選択によって結末が分岐します。

93% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Dearest Person

The Dearest Person

A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

94% of 647 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Absent in the Rain

Absent in the Rain

A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet...

94% of 932 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dear Devere

Dear Devere

A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence.

95% of 350 Steam reviews are positiveFree
A Hint of Purple

A Hint of Purple

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and…

94% of 130 Steam reviews are positiveFree
boyfriend or cake??

boyfriend or cake??

alternatively: caring romantic partner or delicious confectionery dessert?

93% of 132 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Why do you love me?

Why do you love me?

A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each…

97% of 194 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Unroaded

Unroaded

Unroaded is a short free visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road.

92% of 310 Steam reviews are positiveFree

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